Reactions to the European Commission’s decision on Google Shopping

Jun 29, 2017

CEPIC submitted a competition complaint at the European Commission in November 2013. In April 2016, a second competition complaint of Getty Images followed. Google is accused of leveraging its dominant position in general web search to favour its own service: Google Images.

CEPIC and members

CEPIC looks forward to the European Commission intensifying its investigations in other specialized search services such as the image sector. Many sectors are affected by Google’s abusive conduct, such as Travel and Maps.

The image sector should not be forgotten! The press release explains why.

FairSearch

Fairsearch brings together the main complainants in the Google Shopping case. Specifically, Fondem, the original complainant in 2010, who bought the first anti-trust claim against Google is one of them. FairSearch focuses are non-discriminatory Search and Androïd.

CEPIC joined FairSearch in 2016.

Thomas Vinje, Legal Counsel of Fairsearch issued the following statement on behalf of the association on 27 June 2017